Ariella Arida. (Photo courtesy of Miss Universe website)
Ariella Arida made it to the Top 5 of the Miss Universe 2013 pageant, along with four Latina candidates — Miss Ecuador, Miss Brazil, Miss Spain, and Miss Venezuela.
Earlier, Miss Philippines had emerged as the fans’ top pick in the online voting for Miss Universe 2013, thus propelling her into the Top 16 and, later, the Top 10, together with the representatives from Spain, Great Britain, India, Brazil, USA, Ukraine, Ecuador, Venezuela, and Dominican Republic.
The 15 other finalists who made it out of 86 contestants were the representatives from Costa Rica, Ukraine, China, Ecuador, Great Britain, Indonesia, Venezuela, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Spain, United States, Nicaragua, Switzerland, India, and Brazil.
Miss Nicaragua was also officially lauded with the Best in National Costume Award.
Host Thomas Roberts, who is joined by Melanie Brown (Mel B.), dedicated the show to the people of the Philippines and Vietnam who were and are being hit by supertyphoon Yolanda. Visayas continues to reel from the strong winds and rains that battered the country Friday. The tropical cyclone left Saturday for Vietnam.
The beauty pageant is being held in Moscow, Russia.
BREAKING | Miss Philippines Ariella Arida makes it to Top 5 of Miss Universe
Source: InterAksyon.com (November 10, 2013 at 03:09AM)
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